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Species Prionochaeta opaca

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Cholevinae (Small Carrion Beetles)
Tribe Cholevini
Genus Prionochaeta
Species opaca (Prionochaeta opaca)
Explanation of Names
Prionochaeta opaca (Say 1825)
Size
4.0‒5.5 mm(1)
Range
e.NA (NS‒FL to MB‒TX)(2)
Habitat
forest litter, caves; common on carrion(3)
Works Cited
1.Systematics, distributions, and bionomics of the small carrion beetles of North America
Peck, S.B. and J. Cook. 2002. The Canadian Entomologist 134: 723-787.
2.An annotated catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic region (Continental North America North of Mexico)
S.B. Peck & A.F. Newton. 2017. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2): 211-258.
3.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.